Summary Two Libyan soldiers were killed when gunmen attacked an air base in country's southern desert.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - A Libyan military spokesman says more than 150 gunmen have attacked an air base in the country s southern desert, killing two government troops.
Saad al-Orfi says the attack early Saturday targeted a military air base about 45 kilometers (30 miles) north of the city of Sabha. He says the assailants were heavily armed and clashed with government forces stationed at the base.
A colonel and a soldier were killed in the fighting, and two more troops were also wounded.
Al-Orfi identified the assailants as Libyan but said an investigation is underway to determine who they were.
Two years after the country s civil war, Libya s weak central government is still grappling with powerful militias as it struggles to create a new police and army.
